Pakistan Textile Machinery Industry

Textile Industry: Backbone of Country

The textile and clothing industry is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. Pakistan’s role as one of the world’s leading cotton producers has provided the basis for the textile and clothing industry’s development.

Pakistan's textile sector is the principal industry, contributing more than 67% to the country's total export earnings, and accounting for about 46% of total manufacturing. The sector employs over 38% of the manufacturing labor force. More than US$4 billion of textile and garment machinery has been imported in Pakistan in the last few years. The textile industry is today based almost entirely in the private sector.

Textile Machinery Industry:

Overview:

The Spinning Sector had grown with export demand & growth in cotton production. Weaving & Processing Sector followed. The major concentration of industry is in Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Lahore and Faisalabad. Unlike Spinning Sector the Weaving Sector comprises of large number of small units of power looms mainly clustering in Faisalabad Hafizabad Kasur and Multan. Recent trend is to set up Air-Jet loom units either as independent units are integrating it with spinning or processing units. Given economic stability as well as the importance of the industry to Pakistan's economy, the spinning sector is expected to grow by 8-10 percent over the next three years.

Though textile industry maintains its ranking of the single largest manufacturing sector in Pakistan, unfortunately indigenous manufacturing of its machinery could not develop along with the growth of textile industry. Resultantly, demand for textile machinery still is almost entirely met through global imports.

The usual and most effective channel for sale of machinery, equipment and spares is through a reliable agent. Foreign firms appoint local agents for the Pakistan market to provide them with market intelligence and to follow-up on sales. The most popular and possibly the most effective distributorship arrangement in Pakistan is the exclusive agency agreement. The exclusive agent receives commission on all sales of the product within the country, regardless of the channels through which they were ordered. The agent often imports and stocks spare, that are regularly required by end-users. He may also provide after-sales service.

Import- Export scenario:

Pakistan textile industry is facing problem of Low productivity due to its obsolete textile machineries. To overcome this problem and to stand in competition, Pakistan Textile Industry will require high investments. Pakistan is on the road to invest in processing sector, but traditional sector are also demanding high amount of investments. There is a continuous trend of investing in spinning since many years. Although, trend towards investment in Air Jet weaving segment is increasing day by day.

Pakistan's textile industry estimates that around Rs1, 400 billion (US$32 billion) of investment was required till 2010 in order to achieve the government's export target.” - Former federal secretary and chairman of the National Tariffs Commission Masud Daher (Pakistan)

Dyeing

In Textile Sector where all the customers needed printed items on the other hand they also requires for the dyed stuff.
There are three methods of dyeing Stanter Dyeing, Thermosole Dyeing, Jigger Dyeing
There are further three types of Jigger Dyeing
Jet Jiggers
Pressure Jiggers
Open Jiggers

FlatBed Printing

There are mostly two printing machines A Simple rotary and FlatBed Printing Rotary. In simple printing the machine which is used to get high results is names JZimmer and its speed is too much controled and its perfection is almost 100% and secondly the machine wich is used to get almost high resolution designs which a simple rotary can not print means that big designs in lenght is called a FlatBed. On Flatbed rotary designs which are mostly printed are 70",80",90" panels and many others. It could be containing of 14 colored creens and its highest speed is 14 to 20 m/m

Components of Textile Items

Main components of textile items are Grey Fabric,Processed and Madeups.This process starts from cotton then Spinning Mills then ready to Waeve Yarn then grey cloth and so on. When Grey Cloth is received by any industry then it is issued to processing department in which first process is Singing after that Desize Wash and next step is Bleaching. Bleaching is of Two types J Box Bleaching,L Box Bleaching. J Box Bleaching is of like latest bleaching method. After Bleaching the Batchers are issued to other sub department finishing in which batching process starts to set the required width of finished goods after that if the goods are required to Dye or Print then they are issued to required departments. After Dyeing or Printing the goods are again send to Stenter machine to get the required finished width. After that goods are sent to folding department where actual A,B,C grade goods are sort out. After that if goods are required to ship in loose shap then after rolling or Bailing goods are shipped or if goods are required for the madeups then issued to cutting department where are cut out w.r.t Specs. When cutting procedure of cutting completed and goods are ready to issue to stitching department then iuused to required Unit after stitching packing procedure w.r.t specs and then goods are shipped towards destination

About Textile Industry

All over the world textile industry is most important both in trade and end user demand.There are many more textile industries all over the world in which a few names are ahead like JC Penny(USA),Chemitex (Belgium),Chen One (Pakistan),Interloop (Pakistan ),London Fog Group (UK) and many more these all companies trade with each other and many other companies in Grey Fabric and Processed Fabric.It is seemed that there is too much demand of Home Textile Products like Curtains,Bed Spread,Sheet Sets,Bed in a Bags,Pillow Sets,Comforters,Frilled Bed Skirts and many more products.